This is precisely why I stopped using hotmail when MS bought the place - they can't be trusted. This is also a good motivation to read TOSes more carefully (or to start reading them if you don't currently).
This also brings to mind that 'one apple ruins the bunch' - or however that saying goes. This type of devious behavior has likely not simply started with the advent of passport, and is more than likely simply a revenue through which to do it "legally." I mean, seriously here - what's to say that MS hasn't been secretly selling, using, etc information that passes through their systems? Everyone who's ever used a notmail (did I say that?) account since the MS takeover gets craploads of spam each day, even if it's a new address.
The way things are now, MS is simply a more efficient, more respected Big Brother than the government, and possibly slightly less informed. The loyalty shown to MS is also much more substantial to that shown towards the government, increasing the 'scare factor' of the situation.
it was possible for the melissa/ILOVEYOU programmers to write code to install a back door. Given all the exploits out there, and how infrequently people patch their computer software (most people at least), there's a pretty high likelyhood that most windows systems have at least one or two such security holes open.
The whole situation's just pretty darn funny, if you ask me.
This will effectively kill bluetooth. The lack of support for it in the OS will not allow it to prosper. What will the creators think of this blatant shafting by MS? Moreover, might this shafting be due to said creator's acceptance of Linux?
This is humorous simply because it's so 'last year' in nature. At this time last year, it seemed like linux might start to fracture. Now, things seem to be getting tighter and tighter, as the 'bad distributions' get weeded out, and the good ones take the precident. The fact that kernel 2.4 was (somewhat) recently released, bringing it quite near to par with the BSD kernel, just adds to the humor.
If you lived in the real world, (Where MS software doesn't run on everything) you might actually realize that Linux runs on *gasp* Mac hardware! Ye gods, no! Can it be?
Democrats do all this 'protect our children' crap just as much as Republicans. Take the Gores for instance.
Granted, this is April Fool's Day, but c'mon, this is utter crap. Cutting on Christian organizations in such a brutely stupid manner, saying they'd try and get things like Star Trek and Star Wars sensored? Never mind that the gripe is carnal violence, not 'theoretical, unseen violence' such as that in Star Wars and ST... Heck, Looney Toons is more graphically violent than either.
What's the difference between scamming someone openly, as companies like AOL tend to do with their overly priced 'special AOL offer' products, and scamming them covertly as these individuals do? The only difference I see is that AOL has the backing of their big name, while these folks don't.
That's complete and utter bull. Sure, Lara Croft is an 'action hero from a video game,' and in that respect she is a departure of the purely made up action heroes of yesterday like Rambo and Terminator. But come onnnn... The reason this movie is so hyped is not because it's an action movie on technology, but because it's a bodacious babe in spandex, running (and bouncing) around, crawling in the dirt, grunting, etc, all parallel to action and adventure similar to that of an Indiana Jones flick. (I can't wait for the 4th Indy film, btw.)
The reason, as already stated, that action films are not as popular right now is because there really isn't much variance in an action film's plot from one film to the next, and Hollywood is running (or has run) out of ideas. And just because there's a crop of bad 'big tough guy' action films of late, doesn't mean that they're on their way out. People actually like that cheezy one-line, in-your-face, completely improbable action - it's why these movies do so well. I mean, Terminator 1 or 2 - completely improbable, even for scsi. Indiana Jones or James Bond as well. I mean, one guy, no matter how buff, suave, skilled, or intelligent, couldn't take out that many Nazis/spies. But it's an 'action' movie, it's supposed to be like that.
Let's take Duke Nukem as an example. The guy's a freaking pimp. He 'kicks ass and chews bubble gum, and he's all out of gum' in the style of Ash. That's some funny crap. He's able to manage a woman and at the same time shoot down a whole squadron of aliens. That would be an excellent action film. Even if you took out the women, guys (and some gals) would go to it in groves. Jon might say, 'the aliens are the technology, really!' but come now. Aliens and technology have been around forever in movies. Deal.
This is just yet Another Example of Jon Sucking Up To Slashot Teens. He's kept the same theme since he arrived with the Hellmouth - free the oppressed geeks of our day, up with technology, down with stupidity and jocks! Just go back and read his stuff, the recursive theme is there. Not necessarily too terribly strong with each article, but it is indeed there.
I suppose it's possible, but I was thinking along the lines of a slim-lined wafer type device. Maybe the thickness of one or two silicon boards with a thin, tough metal/plexiglass casing.
That's a horribly foolish statement.
Putting linux in such a device would not make it more difficult to use; if anything, it would make it easier and a one-button type job, as opposed to a larger device with dials, nobs, etc.
Maybe you should concentrate more on logic and common sense and less on linux prejudice due to the fact that you can't use linux.
I had moderator points, but I decided it was better to reply to your foolish thoughts than to let you go on thinking as you do.
First off, WTF, are you smoked out of your gourd or something? What on God's great earth would prompt you to say something as absurd as 'linux should provide support for only a few types of hardware' - that's the reversal of progress. A large driver database is something that linux has been progressing in over time - it's not a bad thing.
Screw those people who think linux isn't 'user friendly' - it's not targeted at them. People who can't use a specific device should not use it. Period. Linux is not for everybody. A blind person is not allowed to drive because they're not physically able to. The same goes for those of the populace of lesser intelligence who aren't willing to wade through the difficulties of a more advanced operating system - tough crap, either deal or get out.
Just think of the practical field-combat implications this will or could cause.
First off, it's likely that there will be a higher quality, less feedback/static/etc signal. There will also be a potentially smaller device for the soldiers to carry around. This could allow for the entire communication device to be placed, say, inside their helmet, with the button and mic on/in their helmet straps.
I wonder if, when these things actually come out, if they'll be available to the public? I'd love to get my hands on one, if they're half as nice as I'm conceptualizing in my mind.
America isn't a dynasty. It's a democratic republic. That is, it's a government 'for the people, by the people' with a head of state which is generally a president. (Or at least, that's how it is conceptually. Sadly, that's not what it has become, is it?)
Contrast that to the succession of rulers from one generation to the next of the same family, which is what a dynasty is.
However, IIRC, America is the longest lasting republic, as it stands now.
This type of thing makes it harder to have a convincing plot and convincing acting - especially when the actors aren't too great at acting.
So what do they do as opposed to having a real actor standing there while filming? they either A) don't have anytone at all, or B) have a stand in. This is an unneeded barrier for the other actors, one that hinders their acting ability.
I don't think we'll be able to say anything about Episode II even as flattering as we said of Episode I.
We can blame the longetivity of data for the majority of script kiddies, I think. Documents such as the Hacker's Manifesto, which have been around for years and years, get read by fresh-out-of-detention 14 year olds, and they think, "Wow, I can be a part of something!" while they don't realize that what they want to be apart of has been dead for at least 5 years - at least as stated by the Manifesto and similar documents. They then append themselves to dead ideals, ideals which had some effect in the day, but are worthless now, due to such things as legislation.
All linux/unix users are sysadmins - it's part of the territory. Haven't you learned anything yet?:) The quality of the sysadmin, however, is negotitable.
I might like to state that what I stated was merely some of hte key points from something I read which was said by either Carmack or a Loki rep a while ago, linked to from slashdot. And yes, if you have any knowledge of how software works, it's not generally as simple as piecing together a puzzle. Were you to code, you'd realize this.
That's really quite illogical. Linux an 'excellent platform for game developers'? No, not unless you're talking about open source game developers, and this is why:
1)There are many, many different kernel versions to develop for. It's completely unreasonable for a developer to require a specific kernel version for someone to have in order to play their game.
2)Libraries. glibc 2.0, 2.2, etc... I mean, really. Game developers do not have the time to deal with things like this - the debugging and such would take phenominally longer.
3) X sucks. Especially XFree86 (which is all I've used myself, but it sucks, and I can't imagine a commercial implimentation sucking nearly as much). It's bloated, it's memory hungry, and it leaks like a ho. That, and it's poorly suited for 3d environmental aspects - it's intended for drawing window decorations and terminals, not 3d vectors and splines.
And besides that, it's simply not a good platform because people don't use it. They're in this for money, after all. That means less people to develop for. As far as Loki is concerned, they've barely made jack.
Please go back to your little cave, little man. You remind me of the scary, technologically stupid people in my painfully dull and pointless IT class, which I wasn't able to get out of due to credit restrictions.
Sensationalist journalism will always be bad journalism. No matter who writes it. Katz is the poster child for sensationalism. 'Nough said.
And as far as having a 'grudge gainst Katz and/or Microsoft', no, I do not. I do, however, despise all that MS stands for - exploitation, corruption, stepping on the little guy, and various other abuses of power. I also happen to think they have made and do make some of the worst software immaginable, and then have the nerve to call it new and revolutionary when it's simple grand theft. Their exhorbinant costs only add to that. I, as well as many many many other people (probably including yourself, no?), have lost important - sensitive or personal - data due to shoddy software by MS. I'm entitled to have a grudge in this situation, I believe. It's appropriate.
As far as Katz is concerned, I have no grudge. I simply think the man's a sensationalist here for the money. He's done nothing since his arrival but confirm the consensus slashdot mentality.
He was refering to the technology involved in making the shuttle, and how much electronics technology and industry was created as spinoff from the initial shuttle project(s). Something like 80%, I believe?
Not really. Namely, because A) Katz writes poorly and by a very set form, with little creativity, and B) because he does indeed make the occassional grammatical error.
What the heck is the Marines thinking? They're out of their minds! Even I know this is an insane measure, or at least in the role that the Marines would use it, were they using it now.
If you were to put me in the shoes of [Arab extremist | 3rd world country militant | political radical | etc], and equiped me with lethal force - something like an AK or sg552 - do you think I would hesitate to run out in the open, in the hopes of hitting an opponent in order to further my cause, killing or seriously injuring him, if the return fire would A) stun me and knock me out, B) burn my skin, C) cause extreme pain momentarily, or even D) cause extreme pain for a prolonged period of time? Heck no. I'd charge out there with much more confidence than I would if real bullets were being used.
The only way I can see this being used by the marines is if A) it were used for the application of slow, painful deaths, and/or B) civil oppresson.
I find it interesting that in the last book of the Bible, it is mentioned that people's eyes and skin will melt from their body. Ironic, isn't it, how such a weapon could do just that?
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This also brings to mind that 'one apple ruins the bunch' - or however that saying goes. This type of devious behavior has likely not simply started with the advent of passport, and is more than likely simply a revenue through which to do it "legally." I mean, seriously here - what's to say that MS hasn't been secretly selling, using, etc information that passes through their systems? Everyone who's ever used a notmail (did I say that?) account since the MS takeover gets craploads of spam each day, even if it's a new address.
The way things are now, MS is simply a more efficient, more respected Big Brother than the government, and possibly slightly less informed. The loyalty shown to MS is also much more substantial to that shown towards the government, increasing the 'scare factor' of the situation.
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The whole situation's just pretty darn funny, if you ask me.
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Granted, this is April Fool's Day, but c'mon, this is utter crap. Cutting on Christian organizations in such a brutely stupid manner, saying they'd try and get things like Star Trek and Star Wars sensored? Never mind that the gripe is carnal violence, not 'theoretical, unseen violence' such as that in Star Wars and ST... Heck, Looney Toons is more graphically violent than either.
This is stooping pretty low, even for April 1st.
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The reason, as already stated, that action films are not as popular right now is because there really isn't much variance in an action film's plot from one film to the next, and Hollywood is running (or has run) out of ideas. And just because there's a crop of bad 'big tough guy' action films of late, doesn't mean that they're on their way out. People actually like that cheezy one-line, in-your-face, completely improbable action - it's why these movies do so well. I mean, Terminator 1 or 2 - completely improbable, even for scsi. Indiana Jones or James Bond as well. I mean, one guy, no matter how buff, suave, skilled, or intelligent, couldn't take out that many Nazis/spies. But it's an 'action' movie, it's supposed to be like that.
Let's take Duke Nukem as an example. The guy's a freaking pimp. He 'kicks ass and chews bubble gum, and he's all out of gum' in the style of Ash. That's some funny crap. He's able to manage a woman and at the same time shoot down a whole squadron of aliens. That would be an excellent action film. Even if you took out the women, guys (and some gals) would go to it in groves. Jon might say, 'the aliens are the technology, really!' but come now. Aliens and technology have been around forever in movies. Deal.
This is just yet Another Example of Jon Sucking Up To Slashot Teens. He's kept the same theme since he arrived with the Hellmouth - free the oppressed geeks of our day, up with technology, down with stupidity and jocks! Just go back and read his stuff, the recursive theme is there. Not necessarily too terribly strong with each article, but it is indeed there.
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Maybe you should concentrate more on logic and common sense and less on linux prejudice due to the fact that you can't use linux.
Might I remind you that Torvalds is Finnish?
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First off, WTF, are you smoked out of your gourd or something? What on God's great earth would prompt you to say something as absurd as 'linux should provide support for only a few types of hardware' - that's the reversal of progress. A large driver database is something that linux has been progressing in over time - it's not a bad thing.
Screw those people who think linux isn't 'user friendly' - it's not targeted at them. People who can't use a specific device should not use it. Period. Linux is not for everybody. A blind person is not allowed to drive because they're not physically able to. The same goes for those of the populace of lesser intelligence who aren't willing to wade through the difficulties of a more advanced operating system - tough crap, either deal or get out.
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First off, it's likely that there will be a higher quality, less feedback/static/etc signal. There will also be a potentially smaller device for the soldiers to carry around. This could allow for the entire communication device to be placed, say, inside their helmet, with the button and mic on/in their helmet straps.
I wonder if, when these things actually come out, if they'll be available to the public? I'd love to get my hands on one, if they're half as nice as I'm conceptualizing in my mind.
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Contrast that to the succession of rulers from one generation to the next of the same family, which is what a dynasty is.
However, IIRC, America is the longest lasting republic, as it stands now.
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So what do they do as opposed to having a real actor standing there while filming? they either A) don't have anytone at all, or B) have a stand in. This is an unneeded barrier for the other actors, one that hinders their acting ability.
I don't think we'll be able to say anything about Episode II even as flattering as we said of Episode I.
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1)There are many, many different kernel versions to develop for. It's completely unreasonable for a developer to require a specific kernel version for someone to have in order to play their game.
2)Libraries. glibc 2.0, 2.2, etc... I mean, really. Game developers do not have the time to deal with things like this - the debugging and such would take phenominally longer.
3) X sucks. Especially XFree86 (which is all I've used myself, but it sucks, and I can't imagine a commercial implimentation sucking nearly as much). It's bloated, it's memory hungry, and it leaks like a ho. That, and it's poorly suited for 3d environmental aspects - it's intended for drawing window decorations and terminals, not 3d vectors and splines.
And besides that, it's simply not a good platform because people don't use it. They're in this for money, after all. That means less people to develop for. As far as Loki is concerned, they've barely made jack.
Please go back to your little cave, little man. You remind me of the scary, technologically stupid people in my painfully dull and pointless IT class, which I wasn't able to get out of due to credit restrictions.
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And as far as having a 'grudge gainst Katz and/or Microsoft', no, I do not. I do, however, despise all that MS stands for - exploitation, corruption, stepping on the little guy, and various other abuses of power. I also happen to think they have made and do make some of the worst software immaginable, and then have the nerve to call it new and revolutionary when it's simple grand theft. Their exhorbinant costs only add to that. I, as well as many many many other people (probably including yourself, no?), have lost important - sensitive or personal - data due to shoddy software by MS. I'm entitled to have a grudge in this situation, I believe. It's appropriate.
As far as Katz is concerned, I have no grudge. I simply think the man's a sensationalist here for the money. He's done nothing since his arrival but confirm the consensus slashdot mentality.
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He was refering to the technology involved in making the shuttle, and how much electronics technology and industry was created as spinoff from the initial shuttle project(s). Something like 80%, I believe?
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If you were to put me in the shoes of [Arab extremist | 3rd world country militant | political radical | etc], and equiped me with lethal force - something like an AK or sg552 - do you think I would hesitate to run out in the open, in the hopes of hitting an opponent in order to further my cause, killing or seriously injuring him, if the return fire would A) stun me and knock me out, B) burn my skin, C) cause extreme pain momentarily, or even D) cause extreme pain for a prolonged period of time? Heck no. I'd charge out there with much more confidence than I would if real bullets were being used.
The only way I can see this being used by the marines is if A) it were used for the application of slow, painful deaths, and/or B) civil oppresson.
I find it interesting that in the last book of the Bible, it is mentioned that people's eyes and skin will melt from their body. Ironic, isn't it, how such a weapon could do just that?
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[statement of mundane, well known fact]
[state easy and common observation]
[rant rant bitchity-bitch-bitch rant]
[introduce generic, repetitive solution]
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